Publishing an App

A key administration task is to ensure that users can easily and securely access relevant apps and desktops.  This is accomplished in Apporto via publishing. 

You can publish apps and desktops to specific group(s) or individual users.  If an app or desktop is published to a user (or a group they belong to), it will be accessible when they log in to the App Store.

Publish App or Desktop

Using your preferred web browser, navigate to the URL for your Apporto system, for example, “mycollege.apporto.com”, and log in to the system using your Admin credentials.

Click the App Publishing  icon in the Navigation panel.

The ‘App Publishing’ screen displays.

                                   

The Select a group or user panel on the left shows a hierarchical list of groups and users.

Use the search function or expand arrows to locate the relevant group or user.

Click on the desired group or user to select it.

Locate the app or desktop you wish to publish on the right side of the screen.

If the app or desktop has already been published to the selected group or user, the STATUS / ACTION button will show as published.

• The dark blue Published button indicates the app or desktop has been published specifically to the group or user (not inherited).
  
• The faded blue (disabled) Published button indicates the app or desktop has been published to a parent group in the hierarchy and is accessible to the selected group or user via inheritance.

If the app or desktop has not been published to the selected group or user, click the “down arrow” next to the Not Published button .

The STATUS / ACTION menu displays the available options for the associated app.

To publish the associated app or desktop to the group or user click Publish. 

This is the most common way to publish.  When users in the selected group login, the app or desktop will appear in their App Store.

To publish the app or desktop to the group or user and notify them by email click Publish and Notify.